Researchers at the University of Kent have shown that it is possible to grow tea in lunar soil, a discovery that could transform how future astronauts live and work in lunar and outer space environments. The team partnered with U.K. tea plantation Dartmoor Tea, Lightcurve Films and Europlanet, a European network of planetary scientists, to conduct the experiment. The lunar and Martian samples were compared against a control group grown in Devonian soil, an ancient, clay-rich type from Devon, England. The tea plants in lunar soil flourished, performing on par with those in Devonian soil, while the Mars saplings failed to grow. Understanding how tea and other crops can grow in extreme environments could help scientists develop strategies for cultivating food in poor soil and challenging climates, both on Earth and beyond.